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Rafael Nadal feels proud when reflecting on his rivalry with the Swiss Roger Federer. The Spaniard always respected and admired his rival a lot. 'The real thing is I played a lot of times against him, and a lot of times I played great against him', Nadal said. 'So probably that's why I had this success against him.

But you never know when that stop. Today I am happy that I am able to win against him again. When you go on court against Roger, even if we played each other 38 times and I was able to win against him 23, I go on court knowing that I am playing against a player that is unbelievable.

What happened in the past probably will not help me. I take every match like a different history and every day is different. Sure, helps the matches that I won against him in the past to make me feel confident in the way that I have to play, but that's doesn't mean that I will have the chance to do it again.' Throughout your whole career, including the juniors, what one player did you enjoy playing against the most and why? Who was that? 'I don't know.

It's very difficult for me to say one. I think matches against Roger always was special feelings of that. We played all of the important matches for our careers, and combination of styles makes the match interesting. One player finding one thing, another one trying to find solutions to not let him play as he was.

And it's a little bit more strategic match. And playing for big titles, that match made me feel very special every time

In an interview with a Japanese TV channel in Tokyo on Tuesday as part of his Uniqlo commitments, Roger Federer recalled his amazing win at the 2017 Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal.

The Swiss indicated the medical time-out he had taken after losing the fourth set as the 'crossroad'. 'I could end up being disappointed and sad about being down in the score or you take it as a massive challenge.

But I stayed positive, I believed I could have turned around the match and I played probably the most perfect 25 minutes of my life,' said Federer, who was down 1-3 in the fifth set, then won five consecutive games to conquer his first Grand Slam title since 2012 Wimbledon. Explaining why it took so much to win a Major again, Federer added: 'In those four or five years that I didn't win a Grand Slam anymore, I had some good moments like winning Davis Cup, finals in Grand Slams, but I did not come through because Novak (Djokovic) was so good, Rafa (Nadal) was good on clay and something in my game was missing.' Federer's charitable activity has often been praised by Uniqlo heads and the Swiss cares about this a lot.

'The important thing for me is that I am a good human. Kids look up to me and think, You know, I like Roger, because of the way he plays, of the way he does an interview, of the way he conducts himself on the court, the way he behaves with children.' ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title .